Songs by Robert Burns

Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars song book

Handsome Nell

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Once I lov'd a bonie lass,
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Ay, and I love her still;
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And whilst that virtue warms my heart,
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I'll love my handsome Nell.
She dresses aye sae clean and neat,
Both decent and genteel;
And then there's something in her gait
Gars ony dress look weel .
'Tis this in Nelly pleases me,
'Tis this enchants my soul;
For absolutely in my heart
She reigns without control.